Pay-it-forward Karma Tea Swap

Looks like people are interested in a Karma Tea Swap!
It works like this:
- Someone posts “I have item A up for grabs, who wants it?”
- Someone else posts “Ooh, I’d like item A please! I have item B to offer!
- Another party says, “Item B looks great to me! I’ll offer up item C!”

And so on and so forth… Since you don’t get something back directly, that’s where the karma part comes in. Someone else will get your item and pass the gift along in the form of another gift to someone else. This way, people can offer up tea or tea related items that they’re not interested in anymore, and items can make their way to people who will love them.

As soon as you post ”I’d like X,” you send a message with your address to the person who was offering X so that they can send it to you. (Post first so that we don’t run into the problem of multiple people claiming one gift – if you happen to post and discover that someone else was quicker, be nice and clear your later post and play again later.) Feel free to play more than once as long as you’re not dominating the field! Don’t worry too much about making sure your offer “matches” the value of the gift you’re claiming – the idea here is to pass along stuff you won’t use to people who will – if you keep offering soggy used tea bags, however, we’ll probably catch on to you!

We do have folks here from all over the world. Don’t worry that you might not be able to afford shipping if someone in another country claims your gift – if shipping internationally would be a hardship for you, just put “Domestic Shipping to your country only, please!” in your offer post.

I will offer:
3 bags of Bedouin Chai from Wissotzky
3 bags of White Asian Plum from Salada
3 bags of Peppermint from Ceremonie
3 bags of Organic Earl Grey from Heredia
a few oz. of loose Yogurt/Melon blend from Ava
a few oz. of Rooibos Provence from Totalitea
and…some vanilla halvah (goes great with tea)

Yes, you take the lot….if there’s something you don’t like you can always “re-gift” it. Or if there’s something that maybe you’re allergic to, or whatever, when you message the person you can ask for something else instead, or different quantities. But in general, the claim is for the stash as offered.

Wow I love the idea! Questions – Will tea wares be included? I have some small cups that can be given out. Besides, should the one who claims an item reply to the thread or to the specific post? And the same one, when offering her own item, should she post to the thread or the specific post where she claims items? Or it doesn’t matter?